exegesistn.
/ˌɛksᵻˈdʒiːsɪst/, U.S. /ˌɛksəˈdʒisᵻst/ A person skilled in exegesis; = exegete n. 2.
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the mind > mental capacity > intelligibility > meaning > explanation, exposition > interpretation > [noun] > interpreter
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1831 Encycl. Americana V. 21/2 A multitude of eminent exegesists.
1862 Independent (N.Y.) 15 May 6/5 He would rather risk his chance of the New Jerusalem, holding to the girdle of some negro saints..than with the sharpest exegesist and the best creeded theologian in the world.
1959 Encounter Aug. 64/2 Ulysses became an industry for exegesists in the universities.
1984 N.Y. Times 25 Mar. (Westchester Weekly section) 24/3 No well-intentioned and fruitful exegesist of ‘Krazy Kat’ can overcome the fact that reading it is basically a visual and linguistic joy.
2009 C. Freeman New Hist. Early Christianity xviii. 191 Origen must be seen as the first major Christian exegesist.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2014; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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